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Monthly Archives: February 2015

I’d like to take a break from our “regularly scheduled programming” to share my excitement about a new book on youth ministry. Nurturing Different Dreams: Youth Ministry across Lines of Difference by Katherine Turpin and Anne Carter Walker explores the ways in which race, class, gender and other identities impact ministry with youth and young adults…

Check out the UCC News article that was published last week on the transformation of our annual church reporting process. Eliminating the use of paper on our end of the process is practicing faithful stewardship and environmental sustainability. Enjoy!

Annual reporting allows you to update your church’s contact information so that the UCC Yearbook & Directory, Access UCC, and Find A Church on ucc.org are accurate. The data you provide contributes to the reporting of denominational trends in the annual UCC Statistical Profile, which tracks overall membership, ministerial compensation, and church finances over time.…

A few years back as I was finishing my PhD in social work, my grandmother asked why I was “leaving the ministry.” I tried to explain to her that while I was not serving a local church as a settled or called pastor, I was in fact serving the church through my research. It’s a…